A former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, says aircraft manufacturer, Airbus SE, paid no bribes to some senior government officials in the acquisition of c-295 military aircrafts during the Mills-Mahama regime. Airbus SE has admitted in a UK court that it paid bribes to officials in some five countries including Ghana between 2009 […]
Category: Politics
Akufo-Addo begins Savannah, Upper West Regions tour today
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will on Monday, February 3, 2020, begin a two-day working tour of the Savannah and Upper West Regions. Per his schedule, he will first on Monday, pay courtesy calls on traditional rulers in Kpembe, following which he will inspect the rehabilitation works on the Salaga Water […]
Explosive: Airbus confesses sharing bribes in Ghana as £3bn corruption fine bites
Aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, has confessed to paying bribes in Ghana and other countries between 2011 and 2015 in a corruption investigation of its business deals dating back more than a decade. Court documents obtained by theghanareport.com show that Europe’s largest plane maker has been fined 3 billion pounds for greasing the palms of public officials and fixers […]
New voters’ register wanted but not necessary – PPP
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has described as “wanted but not necessary” moves by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to compile a new voters’ register for the conduct of the 2020 general elections. According to the PPP, the compilation of a new voters’ register without the utilization of the National Identification System infrastructure is […]
Aspiring Subin NDC Parliamentary candidate found dead in his room
The death is reported of an aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for Subin Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Linford Owuo. Owuo popularly known as Siddi, was found dead in his room Wednesday morning. Sources say for three days his neighbours had no knowledge of his whereabouts. A resident who had gone to inquire […]
Abomosu residents demonstrate in Akufo-Addo’s backyard over poor roads
Some Opinion Leaders and residents of Abomosu in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region are have embarked on a demonstration against the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) over the deplorable nature of their road network and other failed political promises. The demonstration was staged in the early hours of Tuesday, October 1, 2019, […]
C/R: NPP fires Vice-Chair over fraud claims
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has indefinitely relieved the embattled Central Regional First Vice-Chairman of the party, Horace Ekow Ewusi, from his position. This follows his deliberate moves at ignoring directives from the party hierarchy in the region to respond to allegations of fraud by false pretense, jail break and auctioning and pocketing proceeds of […]
Heads of public institutions making my work difficult – Special Prosecutor cries out
The Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B. K. Amidu, says his office is seriously being undermined by heads of public institutions making it very difficult to investigate and prosecute corruption and corruption related matter. These institutions, he said, are simply not complying with his office by making documents available for them study on cases they are […]
Suspend Ekow Ewusi or face our wrath – Aggrieved NPP supporters
Some aggrieved sympathizers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) have sent a note to the Central Regional Chairman of the party, Mr. Robert Kutin, demanding an immediate action over the matter of an alleged criminal conduct against his First Vice-Chairman, Mr. Horace Ekow Ewusi. Failure to act on the matter, according to the aggrieved […]
C/R: Convicted drug trafficker calls for the head of NPP Vice-Chairman
An aggrieved member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Edward Okraku Adum, has sent a very chilling message to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the leadership of the elephant family, demanding the immediate removal of Mr. Horace Ekow Ewusi from office. He also wants the vociferous Central Region First Vice-Chairman […]
Ernesto Yeboah, 2 others arrested over #Dropthatchamber demo
A social commentator, Ernesto Yeboah, and two others are currently in the grips of the Police over unlawful protest in the public gallery of the Parliament of Ghana. The trio, who are all members of the Economic Fighters League, Ghana, had stormed the public gallery of the chamber of the Parliament of Ghana, Friday, to […]
Court okays trial of Ofosu Ampofo
A Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Samuel Asiedu, Friday, dismissed an application filed by lawyer of the embattled National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elder Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, seeking to dismiss some charges preferred against him by the State. Elder Ampofo and Kwaku Boahen, Deputy National Communications Officer of the NDC, […]